Post by IndianSaint on Apr 5, 2024 6:28:33 GMT -5
Can’t remember if this article was posted in another thread already but after rereading it again today I picked up on something I didn’t totally appreciate the first time.
www.timesunion.com/sports/article/siena-basketball-s-gerry-mcnamara-i-win-19381394.php
But first, I did like this the first time I read it:
“We’ve got to do a lot of work,” he said. “Obviously, with the transfer portal, you know how it works. We’re down a number of guys. But at the same time, so are a lot of teams in this league (the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). You look around, a lot of teams have guys jumping in the portal and transferring. If you do the right thing in recruiting and get the right guys, you have the chance to be good really fast.”
I believe him when he says this and believe he can actually achieve this too:
“If you do the right thing in recruiting and get the right guys, you have the chance to be good really fast.”
The statement which resonates with me that I didn’t fully appreciate the first time is this:
“He said he learned about being a first-year head coach by watching Autry, who went 20-12 in his debut this season.”
How many first year HCs were part of their prior job learning/seeing what their prior first year HC went through? I believe this was an invaluable experience GMAC was part of which will help him this year. I’m not suggesting it’ll be easy for him his 1st year but I believe he’ll take last years experience he learned and help him and our program significantly this year JMO.
Finally, being able to have the trust in your staff is vital. We learned that was not always the case in the past with our coaches and caused issues resulting in their not being retained.
“It’s my first year as a head coach, so that’s probably the most pressure for me, is just trusting myself in the process, having people around me that I trust and trying, like I did for Coach Autry, to be there for him when he needed me,” McNamara said. “I think there’s an adjustment for everybody. I watched Red (Autry) go through that. You get pulled in a lot of different directions, which as an assistant coach, you don’t really have to worry about a lot of stuff.”
www.timesunion.com/sports/article/siena-basketball-s-gerry-mcnamara-i-win-19381394.php
But first, I did like this the first time I read it:
“We’ve got to do a lot of work,” he said. “Obviously, with the transfer portal, you know how it works. We’re down a number of guys. But at the same time, so are a lot of teams in this league (the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). You look around, a lot of teams have guys jumping in the portal and transferring. If you do the right thing in recruiting and get the right guys, you have the chance to be good really fast.”
I believe him when he says this and believe he can actually achieve this too:
“If you do the right thing in recruiting and get the right guys, you have the chance to be good really fast.”
The statement which resonates with me that I didn’t fully appreciate the first time is this:
“He said he learned about being a first-year head coach by watching Autry, who went 20-12 in his debut this season.”
How many first year HCs were part of their prior job learning/seeing what their prior first year HC went through? I believe this was an invaluable experience GMAC was part of which will help him this year. I’m not suggesting it’ll be easy for him his 1st year but I believe he’ll take last years experience he learned and help him and our program significantly this year JMO.
Finally, being able to have the trust in your staff is vital. We learned that was not always the case in the past with our coaches and caused issues resulting in their not being retained.
“It’s my first year as a head coach, so that’s probably the most pressure for me, is just trusting myself in the process, having people around me that I trust and trying, like I did for Coach Autry, to be there for him when he needed me,” McNamara said. “I think there’s an adjustment for everybody. I watched Red (Autry) go through that. You get pulled in a lot of different directions, which as an assistant coach, you don’t really have to worry about a lot of stuff.”